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Running a program like programname >datafile 2>&1 makes programname write to datafile even though the program doesn't know the file name -- it doesn't even open the file itself.

How exactly are these files being written to, by what?

There doesn't need to be a reference to their names, necessarily. Redirection from outside can cause them to write to it without having to...

Of course it is, which is why you examined it in detail.

Anything used to create or modify the files is relevant.

Without seeing the code, we can't possibly guess.

Perhaps an unintended side effect of redirection?

programname >/path/to/datafile 2>&1 would cause data and error messages to be sent to the same file. You might not notice anything wrong unless...